Curriculum Vitae Tara Smith September 2016
6008 Aurora Drive Department of Philosophy Austin TX 78757 University of Texas at Austin Cell: (512)-507-3392 2210 Speedway, Stop C3500 [email protected] Austin, TX 78712-1737 (512) 471-6777 Department Fax: (512) 471-4806
Areas of Specialization Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Education Ph.D. and MA, Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University, 1989, 1985 Dissertation: "The Inflation of Rights" (Advisors: Susan Wolf, Richard Flathman) B.A., Philosophy and Government, University of Virginia, 1983 magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa London School of Economics and Political Science, Spring 1982
Professional Appointments Fall 2005-present, Professor, University of Texas at Austin Fall 1996-2005, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin Fall 1989-1996, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin Spring 1989, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Visiting Instructor Summer 1987-Spring 1988, Towson State University, Lecturer 1985-1988, The Johns Hopkins University, Teaching Assistant
Publications Books:
Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System, Cambridge University Press, 2015, 301 pages.
Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics – The Virtuous Egoist, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 318 pages. Chinese edition, 2010; second Chinese translation, July 2015.
Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, 205 pages.
Moral Rights and Political Freedom, Rowman & Littlefield, 1995, 224 pages. Japanese edition, 1997.
Articles:
Forthcoming: "What Good is Religious Freedom? Locke, Rand, and the Non-Religious Case for Respecting It," Arkansas Law Review vol. 69: 4, February 2017.
“Religious Liberty or Religious License? Legal Schizophrenia and the Case Against Exemptions,” Virginia Journal of Law and Politics, vol. 32.
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“Something to Behold: On the Spiritual Value of Art & Sport,” Fair Play – Journal of Philosophy, Ethics and Sports Law (online journal), 2017.
Published:
“Objective Law,” A Companion to Ayn Rand, eds. A. Gotthelf & G. Salmieri, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, pp. 209-221.
“What Are We Cheering? Sport and the Value of Valuing” Fair Play – Journal of Philosophy, Ethics and Sports Law (online journal) Vol. 2, no. 2, October 2014, pp. 22-51
“Originalism, Vintage or Nouveau: He Said, She Said Law,” Fordham Law Review 82, 2013, pp. 619-639.
“Neutrality Isn't Neutral: On the Value-Neutrality of the Rule of Law,” Washington University Jurisprudence Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 49, 2011, pp. 49-95.
“Reckless Caution: The Perils of Judicial Minimalism, NYU Journal of Law & Liberty 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 347-393.
“Egoistic Relations with Others: Response to Cullyer;” “On Altruism, and on the Role of Virtues in Rand’s Egoism: Response to Swanton;”and “The Primacy of Action in Virtue: Response to Hunt,” Ayn Rand Society Philosophical Studies, ed. Allan Gotthelf, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011, pp. 126-130; 143-148; 158-163.
"Originalism's Misplaced Fidelity: 'Original' Meaning is Not Objective," Constitutional Commentary 26, no. 1 (2009), pp. 1-57.
"Humanity's Darkest Evil: The Lethal Destructiveness of Non-Objective Law," Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, ed. Robert Mayhew, New York: Lexington Books, 2009, pp. 335-361.
"No Tributes to Caesar: Good or Evil in Atlas Shrugged," Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, ed. Robert Mayhew, New York: Lexington Books, 2009, pp. 275-298.
“The Menace of Pragmatism,” The Objective Standard 3, no. 3, Fall 2008, pp. 71-93.
"The Importance of the Subject in Objective Morality: Distinguishing Objective from Intrinsic Value," Social Philosophy & Policy 25, no. 1, 2008, pp. 126-148. (also in Objectivism, Subjectivism, & Relativism in Ethics, eds. Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., Jeff Paul, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 126-148.)
“Why Originalism Won’t Die – Common Mistakes in Competing Theories of Judicial Interpretation,” Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 2, 2007, pp. 159-215.
"On the Necessity of Egoism," excerpt from my Viable Values, in Introducing Philosophy, ed. Robert C. Solomon, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
“Unborrowed Vision: Independence and Egoism in The Fountainhead,” Essays on Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, ed. Robert Mayhew, New York: Lexington Books, 2007.
“Egoistic Friendship,” American Philosophical Quarterly 42 (Oct. 2005), pp. 263-277. 3
“Leonard Peikoff,” Directory of Modern American Philosophers, ed. John Shook, Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Press, spring 2005.
“‘Social’ Objectivity and the Objectivity of Value,” Science, Values, and Objectivity, eds. Peter Machamer & Gereon Walters, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004, pp. 143-171.
“Morality Without the Wink: A Defense of Moral Perfection,” Journal of Philosophical Research 29 (2004) pp. 315-331.
“Forbidding Life to Those Still Living,” Essays on Ayn Rand’s We the Living, ed. Robert Mayhew, New York: Lexington Books, 2004, pp. 317-334.
Excerpt from Viable Values in Philosophy: Paradox & Discovery, ed. Thomas A. Shipka & Arthur J. Minton, 5th edition, New York: McGraw Hill, 2004, pp. 269-280.
Excerpt from Moral Rights and Political Freedom in Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, eds. G. Lee Bowie, Meredith W. Michaels, Robert C. Solomon, 5th edition, New York: Wadsworth, 2004, pp. 562-563.
“The Metaphysical Case for Honesty,” Journal of Value Inquiry 37, no. 4 (2003), pp. 517-531.
“Money Can Buy Happiness,” Reason Papers 26, (Summer 2003), pp. 7-19.
"Justice as a Personal Virtue," Social Theory and Practice 25, no. 3 (fall 1999), pp. 361-384.
"Intrinsic Value: Look-Say Ethics," Journal of Value Inquiry 32, no. 4 (December 1998), pp. 539-553.
"Rights, Wrongs, & Aristotelian Egoism: Illuminating the Rights/Care Dichotomy," Journal of Social Philosophy 29, no. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 5-14.
"The Practice of Pride," Social Philosophy & Policy 15, no. 1 (January 1998), pp. 71-90. (reprinted in Personal Virtues, ed. Clifford Williams, New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005.)
"Tolerance & Forgiveness: Virtues or Vices?" Journal of Applied Philosophy 14, no. 1 (1997), pp. 31-41.
"Reconsidering Zero-Sum Value: It's How You Play the Game," Journal of Social Philosophy 28, no. 2 (Fall 1997), pp. 128-139.
"Rights Conflicts: The Undoing of Rights," Journal of Social Philosophy 26, 2 (Fall 1995), pp. 141-158.
"Rights, Friends, & Egoism," Journal of Philosophy XC, 3 (March 1993), pp. 144-148.
"On Deriving Rights to Goods from Rights to Freedom," Law & Philosophy 11 (Winter 1992), pp. 217-234.
"Why a Teleological Defense of Rights Needn't Yield Welfare Rights," Journal of Social Philosophy XXIII, 3 (Winter 1992), pp. 35-50.
"Why do I Love Thee? A Response to Nozick's Account of Romantic Love," Southwest Philosophy Review 7, 1 (January 1991), pp. 47-57.
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"Moral Realism: Blackburn's Response to the Frege Objection," The Southern Journal of Philosophy XXV, 2 (Summer 1987), pp. 221-228.
(The above Omits Book Reviews; list available on request)
Papers (delivered to academic audiences):
“Liberty Rights versus Welfare Rights,” Buckingham University, England – July 2016
“The Role of the Rule of Law in a Free Society,” Panel Presentation, Conference on Foundations of a Free Society, Clemson University, May 2016
“Objectivity in Judicial Review” – University of San Diego Law School, Center for Constitutional Originalism – March 2016
“Can Courts Get the Law Right? Judicial Review’s Problem with Objectivity” University of Chicago Law School – April 2016 Chicago-Kent Law School – April 2016 Whittier Law School – March 2016 Duke University Law School – February 2016 University of North Carolina Law School – February 2016 Chapman University Law School – January 2016
Federalist Society Teleforum on my book Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System Commentator Gary Lawson (Law, Boston University) – October 2015
“Judicial Review – What Does Morality Have to Do With It?” - University of Houston, April 2016 Panel on two books, my Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System & James Fleming, Fidelity to Our Imperfect Constitution
“Justice, Productiveness, and Money: The Egoistic Capitalism of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged,” Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade and Libek, Belgrade, Serbia, May 2015
“The Virtuous Egoist,” University of Ljubljana and Svetilnik, May 2015
“The Virtuous Egoist,” Bitola University, Bitola, Macedonia, May 2015
“Originalism’s Self-Defeating Subjectivism: He Said, She Said Law,” University of North Carolina Law School, March 2014
“The Rule of Law,” panel at University of Houston, April 2015
“Constitutionalism – The Backbone of Objective Law,” University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne Law School, April 2015 Harvard University Law School, March 2015
“The Rule of Law: Why It’s Vital & Why It’s Dying,” Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy (NALP), University of Oslo, Nov. 2014
“Justice, Productiveness, and Money: The Egoistic Capitalism of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged” University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Nov. 2014
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“Something to Behold: On the Spiritual Value of Art & Sport,” International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Natal, Brazil, Sept. 2014
“The Moral Authority Beneath the Law,” George Mason University Law Faculty Workshop Series, Oct. 2014
“Originalism, Vintage or Nouveau: He Said, She Said Law,” Conference on New Originalism, Fordham Law School, March 2013
“What They Don’t Teach You in Law School – On the Practical Value of Legal Ideals” University of Chicago Law School, Feb. 2014 University of Baltimore Law School, March 2014 Charlotte School of Law, March 2014 Stanford University Law School, April 2013 George Washington University School of Law, February 2013 University of Toledo Law School, October 2012 University of Texas Law School, October 2012
“The Pursuit of Happiness – and Tools for Attaining It” University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 2015 Loyola University, Chicago, February 2014 Lutgert School of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University, Distinguished Lecture Series, Feb 2013
“What Are We Cheering? Sport & the Value of Valuing” International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Conference, Sept. 2012, Porto, Portugal American Association for the Philosophic Study of Society, American Philosophical Association, December 2011 Workshop on Philosophy of Sport, Oxford University Uehirio Center for Practical Ethics, May 2011
“Can Selfishness be Moral?” College of Charleston, February 2011
“Neutrality Isn't Neutral: On the Value-Neutrality of the Rule of Law” Harvard Law School, November 2011 Washington University School of Law Jurisprudence Colloquium, April 2011 Oxford Jurisprudence Group, Oxford University, May 2010 George Mason University, Workshop on Politics, Philosophy & Economics, February 2010 New York University Law School, February 2010 Chapman University Law School, January 2010
“Passing Judgment: Justice as a Personal Virtue,” Danish Society for Philosophy & Psychology, May 2010
“Reckless Caution: The Perils of Judicial Minimalism” University of Chicago Law School Federalist Society, April 2012, commentator Geoffrey Stone Lewis & Clark Law School, November 2011 Oxford University, UEHIRO Center for Practical Ethics, Sept. 2009 University of Virginia, March 2009
“Rational Egoism & Limited Government,” Wake Forest University, Feb. 2009
“Excuse Me for Living – The Premise Beneath Welfare Rights: A Critical Response to Machan & Christman,” American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, April 2008
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"Originalism's Misplaced Fidelity: 'Original' Meaning is Not Objective" Arizona State University, April 2007 University of Houston Law School, April 2007 Brown University, March 2007
“Response to Critics,” Author Meets Critics panel on my Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist, Ayn Rand Society, American Philosophical Association, (Eastern Division) Washington DC, December 2006
"The Importance of the Subject in Objective Morality: Distinguishing Objective from Intrinsic Value," Conference on Objectivism, Subjectivism, & Relativism in Ethics, Social Philosophy & Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, November 2006
“The Egoist's Virtues: How Rational Egoism Requires Moral Virtue,” International Conference on Philosophy, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, June 2006
“Why Originalism Won’t Die: Common Mistakes in Competing Theories of Judicial Interpretation,” United States Air Force Academy, March 2006 University of North Carolina, December 2005
“Egoistic Friendship” University of Georgia, March 2005 University of Colorado, February 2005 Bowling Green State University, November 2004
“‘Social’ Objectivity and the Objectivity of Value” Conference on Science, Values, & Objectivity, Pittsburgh-Konstanz Colloquium in Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, October 2002 University of Southern California, April 2002
“The Meaning and Value of Meaningful Work,” St. Edward’s University, February 2002
"Response to Critics," Panel on my Viable Values – A Study of Life as the Root & Reward of Morality, Ayn Rand Society, American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), December 2000
"Justice: Its Rationale & Rewards," Lecture Series on Justice, Program on Values & Ethics in the Marketplace, Duke University, November 2000
"Principled Egoism," Albert J. Shipka Speakers Series, Youngtown State University, September 2000
"Response to Critics," Panel on my Moral Rights and Political Freedom, American Association for the Philosophic Study of Society, American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), Dec. 1997
"On Being Really Selfish," Ayn Rand Society, American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), December 1996
"The Practice of Pride," Conference on Vice & Virtue, Social Philosophy & Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, September 1996
"The Roots of Value," Bowling Green State University, August 1996
"Recovering Freedom," Invited keynote address, West Virginia Philosophical Society, October 1995 7
"'Why Be Moral?' An Antidote to Moral Malaise," Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Colorado State University, October 1991
"Rights, Wrongs, & Egoism: Illuminating the Rights/Care Dichotomy," North American Society for Social Philosophy, 7th International Conference on Social Philosophy, Colorado College, August 991
"Why Do I Love Thee? A Response to Nozick's Account of Romantic Love," Southwestern Philosophical Society, Texas A&M University, November 1990.
"Reservations Concerning Welfare Rights," American Association for the Philosophic Study of Society, at the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), December 1989.
"On Deriving Rights to Goods from Rights to Freedom: Shue's Argument," Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, November 1989
"Can Rights Conflict?" Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, March 1989
"The Feinberg Defense of Rights," Kansas State University, February 1989, University of Wyoming, January 1989
Comments: on “Perfectionism: A Theory,” Conference on Concepts & Objectivity, University of Pittsburgh, September 2006 on "What's Wrong With Rights: A Response to Some Feminist Criticism," American Philosophical Association (Central Division), April 1996 on "Affirmative Action as a Remedy," American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), April 1996 on "Rights & Inviolability: A Critique of the Anti-Instrumental Argument for Rights," American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), December 1993 on "Is Communitarianism Compatible with the Moral Neutrality of the State?" American Philosophical Association (Central Division), April 1993 on "Recent Libertarians on Negative & Positive Rights," American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), December 1992 on "The Separation of Moral Powers," American Philosophical Association (Central Division), April 1992 on "Rights in Close-Knit Communities, "American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), March 1992 on "Where do Virtues get their Goodness? The Case of Kindness," American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), March 1991
Additional Lectures and Seminars before Classes & Other Audiences:
Texas State Bar Association Civil Appellate Group – “Objectivity in Judicial Review” – Sept. 2016 “Individual Rights” and “The Egoistic Capitalism of Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: Morality, Productiveness, & Money”– Summer School of Economics, Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia and Hayek Foundation – Raztocno, Slovakia – August 2016 “The Pursuit of Happiness – and Tools for Attaining It,” Institute for Economic Affairs, London – July 2016 “Being Selfish, Being Happy” (set of two lectures) OCON, Seattle, July 2016
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“Objectivity in Judicial Review,” variations presented at: Houston Bar Association, May 2016 Inn of Court, Raleigh, NC – February 2016 Ayn Rand Institute, Irvine CA – January 2016
“Justice, Productiveness, and Money: The Egoistic Capitalism of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged” – University of Houston, April 2016 “Can Courts Get the Law Right? Judicial Review’s Problem with Objectivity,” Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter, Austin - March 2016 Cato Institute, Washington DC – Scholars Luncheon on my book Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System – December 2015 “Constitutionalism – The Backbone of Objective Law,” OCON, Charlotte, July 2015 “Objectivity in the Law,” OCON, Charlotte, July 2015 Panels on Racism; Freedom of Speech, OCON, Charlotte, July 2015 “Moral and Political Tenets of Objectivism,” Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, May 2015 “Justice, Productiveness, and Money: The Egoistic Capitalism of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged” MULTI, Sarajevo, Bosnia, May 2015 “The Virtuous Egoist,” European Students for Liberty & Ohrid Institute, Skopje, Macedonia, May 2015 “Classical Rights vs. Welfare Rights,” Civitas (think tank), Oslo, Nov. 2014 “To Each His Own – How the Universal Serves the Singular,” House of Literature, Oslo, Nov. 2014 (invited lecture in its series on “universalism,” celebrating bicentennial of Norwegian Constitution) “What Are We Cheering? Sport and the Value of Valuing,” OCON Conference, Las Vegas, July 2014; Hungry Minds Dinner Series, Denver, October 2013 “The Virtuous Egoist – The Happy Man,” Timbro (think tank), Stockholm, May 2014 “Constitutionalism – The Backbone of Objective Law,” Foreningen for Studium av Objektivismen, Oslo, May 2014 “Free Speech – Let’s Talk About It,” Liberal Arts & Sciences Academy (Austin public high school) March 2014 “The Rule of Law – What’s the Role of Congress?” Briefing for Congressional Staffers, September 2013 “The Politics of Pretend – & Its Impact on the Legal System,” OCON Conference, Chicago, July 2013 “On Rational Egoism & Atlas Shrugged,” University of Houston, March 2013, April 2014 University of North Carolina, December 2005 “What They Don’t Teach You in Law School – On the Practical Value of Legal Ideals,” Austin Lawyers Chapter of Federalist Society, June 2014 Renaissance Academy of the Florida Gulf Coast University, Feb. 2013 “On Money, Greed, Productiveness,” Rockford College, April 2012 “On the Rule of Law,” Rhodes College, March 2012 “And I Mean It – Taking Ideas Seriously” and “A Culture’s Sense of Life,” OCON Conference, San Diego July 2012 “To Imagine a Heaven – And How Sense of Life Can Help You to Claim It,” a 3-lecture course, OCON Conference, Fort Lauderdale, July 2011 “The Pursuit of Happiness – And Tools for Attaining It” Ayn Rand Center Israel, Tel Aviv, June 2013 Renaissance Academy of the Florida Gulf Coast University ARI Lecture Series, Chicago, April 2012 Adam Smith Institute, London, May 2011 Q&A via remote video on “The Menace of Pragmatism,” Florida Gulf Coast University, Renaissance Academy, January 2011 "Humanity's Darkest Evil: The Lethal Destructiveness of Non-Objective Law," OCON Boston, July 2009 "No Tributes to Caesar: Good or Evil in Atlas Shrugged,” OCON Boston, July 2009. Q&A via teleconference video on “Passing Judgment: Ayn Rand’s View of Justice,” Florida Gulf Coast University, Renaissance Academy, April 2010 9
“Pragmatism in the Law,” Brown Bag Lunch Session, Institute for Justice, Austin, June 2009 “The Virtue of Independence & Politics’ Reliance on Ethics,” University of Virginia, March 2009 “On Rand’s Ethics & Theory of Rights,” Bowling Green State University, Sept. 2008 (Graduate Seminar on Political Economy) “The Menace of Pragmatism” Chicago Chapter of the Ayn Rand Institute, March 2011 Raleigh Tavern Roundtable, Austin, November 2009 “6-20” Club, London, July 2009 National Press Club, Washington, DC, December 2008 OCON Objectivist Conference, July 2008 “Resilience: Personal Virtue?” Crossthink Symposium, UT School of Architecture, February 2008 “You Be the Judge: Ayn Rand’s View of Justice” New York University, February 2008 Ayn Rand Institute, Irvine, CA, May 2006 Seminar on "Revitalizing Your Values," BB&T, Winston-Salem, periodically from 2007 through 2011 "The Virtuous Egoist" Mississippi State University, October 2014 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Ayn Rand Center Israel, June 2013 Rice University Objectivism Club, March 2013 Bastiat Society, Charleston, SC, February 2011 University of North Carolina-Greensboro School of Business, Distinguished Lecture Series, February 2009 University of Chicago, April 2008 Harvard University, March 2007 Texas State University, October 2006 "The Virtuous Egoist & the Status of Charity," Texas State University, Dialogue Series, Oct. 2006 "The Egoistic Roots of Rand's Political Philosophy," Rhodes College, Memphis, April 2006. “Justice as a Personal Virtue,” Texas State University, Dialogue Series, April 2006 "Unborrowed Vision: The Virtue of Independence," New York University, February 2007 Objectivist Conference, Boston, July 2006 “Why Originalism Won’t Die – Common Mistakes in Competing Theories of Judicial Interpretation” Houston Objectivist Society, October 2006 Conference on Law, Individual Rights & the Judicial System, Denver, March 2006 New York University, February 2006 “How Activist Should Judges Be? Objectivity in Judicial Decisions,” Objectivist Conference, San Diego, July 2005 “Egoistic Justice & Some of its Practical Implications,” Front Range Objectivist Supper Talks, Denver, February 2005 “Virtues or Vices? Kindness, Generosity, Charity,” Objectivist Conference, Wintergreen, VA, July 2004 “Egoistic Justice & Some of its Practical Implications,” London Objectivist Society, June 2004 Seminars on Clear Thinking (6-12-hour) several times at BB&T, Winston-Salem, NC, 1999-2007 Hutchinson Technology, Hutchinson, Minnesota, April 2003 Trout Trading Management Co., Bermuda, March 2001 “The Value of Purpose” Houston Objectivist Society, November 2002 Second Renaissance Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, June 2002 “Moral Ambition: Pride and Perfection,” two lectures, Second Renaissance Conference, Richmond, VA, July 2000 “Moral Virtues” lectures via teleconference for Objectivist Graduate Center, Fall 1999 (delivered over five weeks) “Self-Interest,” course at Lyceum International Conference, Tahoe, CA, July 1999 10
“The Virtue of Pride,” Toronto Objectivist Association, September 1998 “Rationality & Objectivity,” course at Second Renaissance Conference, Nashua, NH, June-July 1998 “Foundations of Morality,” course at Lyceum International Conference, Irvine, CA, August 1997
Published Op-Eds: “Beware Clichés in Debate over Souter Replacement,” Houston Chronicle, May 2009 (also in Atlanta Journal Constitution under different title) “The Need for an Active Supreme Court Justice,” July 2005 “Justice and Self-Defense: On a Military Response to Terrorist Attacks,” Sept. 2001 “Campaign Spending Reform Involves High Stakes,” December 1996
Academic Grants BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism, 2008-2018. Annual award: $200,000 Anthem Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism, Spring 2001-present. (varying amounts) Charles Koch Foundation, Spring 2010, $2400 for undergraduate research Galkin Foundation Grant, 2008: $5000 Ayn Rand Institute Research Grant (one-semester leave), spring 2003 Faculty Research Award (one-semester leave), University Research Institute, University of Texas, Fall 1997 Visiting Scholar, Social Philosophy & Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, Summer 1996 Travel Grants, Hayek Fund, Institute for Humane Studies, Spring 1996, Fall 1992, August 1991 Special Research Grants, University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Spring 1996, Summer 1994, Summer 1991 Philosophy Faculty Fellowship (one-semester leave), University of Texas at Austin, Fall 1991 Summer Research Award, University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 1990 Fellowships & Teaching Assistantships, The Johns Hopkins University, 1983-89
Professional Activities & Memberships: Editorial Board, The Philosopher's Index & The Philosopher's Information Center International Advisory Board, Journal of Liberty and International Affairs Advisory Board University of Texas Plan II Fall 2016-2018 Board of Editorial Consultants, American Philosophical Quarterly 2007-2009 Academic Advisory Council, Clemson University Institute for the Study of Capitalism Steering Committee, Ayn Rand Society, 2009-2011, 2006-2008, 2002-2004, 1996-1998 Board of Directors, Ayn Rand Institute, 2010-present Referee for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, University of Michigan Press, Rowman & Littlefield, Broadview Press; American Philosophical Quarterly, American Political Thought, Ethics, Social Theory and Practice, Journal of Ethics, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law, Inquiry, Social Philosophy Today, Teaching Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, American Business Law Journal, American Psychologist, Science and Education Referee for Tenure & Promotion Decisions: Harvey Mudd College; Seton Hall University Referee for Research Grants: Princeton University, Institute for International & Regional Studies; University of Missouri External Doctoral Dissertation Committee, University of Southern California External Masters Thesis Committee, UT-San Antonio
Organizer of Dialogues on Free Speech Series at University of Texas Feb. 2016: Freedom of Religious Speech Sept. 2015: Freedom of Academic Speech Feb. 2015: Freedom of Commercial Speech Sept. 2014: Freedom of Speech and National Security 11
Feb. 2014: Freedom of Speech vis-a-vis Privacy Sept. 2013: Artistic Expression Sept. 2012: Free Speech & Intellectual Property Feb. 2012: Press Freedom & Publication of Government Secrets Sept. 2011: Inflammatory Speech Feb. 2011: Political Speech & Campaign Finance Restrictions
Organized Essay Contest for University of Texas Undergraduates on Free Speech, Spring 2016, 2015, 2014, Fall 2011 Organized Essay Contest for University of Texas Undergraduates on Atlas Shrugged, 2009, 2010, 2011
Organized Conference on The Place of Precedent in Objective Law, University of Texas, Oct. 2009 Organized Conference on Objectivity in the Law, University of Texas, April 2008 Co-organized Conference on Concepts & Objectivity, University of Pittsburgh, Sept. 2006 Organized Symposium on Atlas Shrugged, University of Texas, March 2009
Organized 20-plus Academic Workshops of varying sizes, scopes, at different locations, 2002-present (e.g., issues in legal philosophy, ethics of war, “sense of life,” various philosophical work-in-progress; list available on request)
Participant & Co-Sponsor, Workshop on Perception, Consciousness, & Reference, University of Warwick, September 2009
Invited Discussant Symposium on the Rational Basis Test, Georgetown University, February 2016
Participant &/or presenter at Conference for BB&T Professors, Clemson University, June 2008, ‘10, ‘12 Invited Participant, Workshop on Normativity & Justification, Harvey Mudd College (sponsored by University of Pittsburgh) June, 2007 Invited Participant, Objectivity Workshop, University of Pittsburgh (presented “Objectivity and Virtue”), October 2004
Invited Discussant at Liberty Fund colloquia: “Law, Liberty, and the State,” Portland, Maine, October 2015 “Interpreting Liberty: Constitutional Interpretation versus Social Contract Reasoning,” Indianapolis, August 2014 “The Contest for Liberty in the Ratification Debate,” Santa Fe, May 2012 “Restoring the Lost Constitution,” Indianapolis, March 2009 “Moral Responsibility in War,” Philadelphia, June 2008 “Legal Enforcement of Morality," Philadelphia, June 2007 "Liberty, Markets, & Morality," Indianapolis, Sept. 1991
Led Salon Discussion of play Anthem for Austin Shakespeare, January 2011 Consulting for Farr Associates, executive management development firm, High Point, NC, July 2002 Interviewed for documentary on free speech, "Muzzled Metropolis," Black Sheep Productions, London, Sept. 2000 Chair, Symposium on the Philosophical Legacy of Richard Brandt, American Philosophical Association (Central Division), May 1999 Q&A Panel on Objectivism, Texas State University, October 2006 Panelist for discussion of Anna Deveare Smith's play "Untitled: Work in Progress," Zachary Scott Theater, Austin, May 2006 Chair, Symposium on Moral Psychology, American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), April 1994 12
Member: American Philosophical Association, Ayn Rand Society, AMINTAPHIL (American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law & Social Philosophy), International Association for Philosophy of Sport
Radio & Podcast Interviews on Research Topics (13, spanning 1995-present; list available on request)